The male spikers had beaten Hong Kong in their first group league game and by virtue of two wins in the four-team group, find themselves earning a last eight berth.
India will play the formidable Iran (Asia No 2) in the final group league encounter. Iran are silver-medallists from the last edition in Guangzhou.
It was one of the easiest matches for India, who are ranked 37th in the world compared to a lowly 85th of Maldives.
The 21-year-old was a livewire on court with brilliant interceptions at net followed by innumerable number of killer spikes.
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He was ably complemented by Railwayman Prabhakaran, who also executed perfect spikes. Skipper Navjit Singh and former captain Gurinder Singh also had a good game. Setter Naveen Jacob's deft angular placements also created more trouble for Maldives.
Such was India's domination that libero Kanagaraj Sivasubramanium did not have much retrieving to do. Maldives certainly gave a better account of themselves as they were locked 4-4 in the beginning. However Indians played the key points well winning the game at 19.